Patrick Wolf Slams Mika? Also: Amy Winehouse’s Live Show a Shambles

Patrick Wolf, who supported Mika at London’s Somerset House, calls the “Grace Kelly” singer a “twat.” Of course, in this celebrity catfight, I’m on Team Wolf all the way. (Pitchfork)

The Mirror, The Sun, The Daily Mail air their “fresh concerns” about Amy Winehouse‘s well-being after a “wobbly” performance at Cornwall’s Eden Project. Amy reportedly “spat at her fans,” and The Mirror says, “The singer appeared to be in tears during this week’s appearance, hitting herself on the head with her microphone in frustration as she fluffed her lines.”

Jekyll star James Nesbitt reveals his wild, “hell-raising actor” side to The Times: “I was attracted by the Burton and O’Toole legend. I thought they had a bit of b****cks, you know. There is something sanitized about that world now. I don’t do it on set but I like the idea of having a bit of a lash. Thank God I’m able to be incredibly disciplined. I’ve always loved a party and I like drinking but I’m also able not to drink. I keep well and healthy and fit and also I’ve got a wife and two kids.”

Just days after being robbed in her own home, Kerry Katona has checked into rehab, citing a “flare-up” of bipolar disorder.(Mirror)

Sandi Thom and her band reportedly destroyed a French hotel room, “throwing wine all over the carpet and the walls – and some even threw up on the carpet.”(Mirror)

Bruno Tonioli‘s BBC show Dance X is coming to America; Tonioli will be joined by his Dancing With the Stars judge, Carrie Ann Inaba, and they will compete to put together their own dance troupes.(Variety)

Kevin Wicks

Kevin Wicks founded BBCAmerica.com's Anglophenia blog back in 2005 and has been translating British culture for an American audience ever since. While not British himself - he was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri - he once received inordinate hospitality in London for sharing the name of a dead but beloved EastEnders character. His Anglophilia stems from a high school love of Morrissey, whom he calls his "gateway drug" into British culture.

The Latest from Mind The Gap

America’s British population has taken to the web to voice its displeasure at news that U.S. candy giant Hershey has successfully blocked our much loved U.K.-produced chocolate from being exported to the land of the free.